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THE  CHARTER 


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REVISED    STATUTES, 


RELATING   TO   THE 


STATE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

OF  WISCONSIN. 


ALSO 


THE  CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS 


OF  THE  SOCIETY 


MADISON,  WIS.: 

DEMOCRAT  PRINTING  CO.,   STATE  PRINTERS. 

1884. 


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AN  ACT 


TO  INCORPORATE  THE 


State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin, 


The  people  of  the  State  of  Wisconsin,  represented  in  Senate 
and  Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows : 

Section  l.  That  Leonard  J.  Farwell,  Mason  C.  Darling^ 
Wm.  R,  Smith,  Charles  Lord,  I.  A.  Lapham,  Wm.  H. 
Watson,  Cyrus  Woodman,  James  D.  Doty,  Morgan  L. 
Martin,  Lyman  C.  Draper.  Samuel  Marshall,  John  W.  Hunt, 
Albert  C.  Ingham  and  0.  M.  Conover,  and  their  present  and 
future  associates  and  their  successors,  be  and  they  are 
hereby  constituted  and  created  a  body  politic  and  corporate, 
by  the  name  of  "The  State  Historical  Society  of  Wis- 
consin," and  by  that  name  shall  have  perpetual  succession 
with  all  the  faculties  and  liabilities  of  a  corporation;  may 
sue  and  be  sued,  implead  and  be  impleaded,  defend  and  be 
defended  in  all  courts  and  places;  and  for  the  purposes  of 
its  institution,  may  do  all  such  acts  as  are  performed  by 
natural  persons. 

Section  2.  The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be  to  collect^ 
embody,  arrange  and  preserve  in  authentic  form,  a  library 
of  books,  pamphlets,  maps,  charts,  manuscripts,  papers, 
paintings,  statuary,  and  other  materials  illustrative  of  the 
history  of  the  State;  to  rescue  from  oblivion  the  memory  of 
its  early  pioneers,  and  to  obtain  and  preserve  narratives  of 
their  exploits,  perils  and  hardy  adventures;  to  exhibit  faith- 
fully the  antiquities,  and  the  past  and  present  condition,  and 
resources  of  Wisconsin,  and  may  take  proper  steps  to  pro- 

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itk)te  t}ie''stud5'^x>f*history  by  lectures,  and  to  diffuse  and 
.publish  information  relating  to  the  description  and  history 
of  the  State. 

Section  3.  Said  Society  may  have  and  use,  and  at  discre- 
tion change,  a  common  seal;  may  ordain  and  enforce  a 
constitution,  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations,  and  elect  such 
officers  as  the  constitution  or  by-laws  may  prescribe:  _pro- 
vided,  such  constitution,  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  be 
not  inconsistent  with  this  act,  or  the  law  or  Constitution  of 
this  State,  or  of  the  United  States. 

Section  4.  Said  Society  may  receive,  hold,  purchase  and 
enjoy  books,  papers  and  other  articles  forming  its  library 
and  collections  to  any  extent;  and  may  acquire  and  hold, 
and  at  pleasure  alienate,  any  other  personal  and  real  estate, 
and  may  acquire  the  same  by  devise,  or  bequest,  or  other- 
wise, not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  in  value,  but  all  its 
funds  shall  ever  be  faithfully  appropriated  to  promote  the 
objects  of  this  formation. 

Section  5.  The  incorporators,  or  a  majority  of  them, 
with  their  associates,  shall  meet  upon  the  notice  of  the  pres- 
ent Eecording  Secretary  of  the  Society,  within  thirty  days 
after  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  upon  accepting  the  same 
may,  if  they  or  a  majority  of  them  deem  proper,  re-organize 
their  present  association  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  charter. 

Approved  March  4,  1853. 

EEVISED  STATUTES. 

Section  374.  The  State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin, 
organized  under  an  act  of  the  Legislature,  approved  on  the 
fourth  day  of  March,  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  fifty-three,  shall  continue  to  possess  the  powers 
and  privileges  thereby  conferred,  subject  to  the  limitations 
of  this  chapter,  and  such  laws  as  shall  hereafter  be  enacted, 
and  its  acceptance  of  the  benefits  herein  granted  and 
renewed  shall  be  conclusively  deemed  its  complete  acquies- 


cence  therein.  Said  Society  shall  be  the  trustee  of  the  State: 
and  as  such,  shall  faithfully  expend  and  apply  all  money 
received  from  the  State  to  the  uses  and  purposes  directed  by 
law,  and  shall  hold  all  its  present  and  future  collections  and 
property  for  the  State,  and  shall  not  sell,  mortgage,  transfer 
or  dispose  of,  in  any  manner,  or  remove  from  the  capitol, 
any  article  thereof,  or  part  of  the  same,  without  authority 
of  law  or  the  consent  of  the  Legislature:  p7^ovided,  this 
shall  not  prevent  the  sale  or  exchange  of  any  duplicates- 
that  the  Society  may  have  or  obtain.  There  shall  continue 
to  be  an  Executive  Committee  of  said  Society,  constituted 
with  substantially  the  same  powers  as  the  present,  of  which 
the  Governor,  Secretary  of  State  and  State  Treasurer  shalli, 
be  ex-officio  members,  and  take  care  that  the  interests  of  the 
State  are  protected. 

Section  375.  The  said  Society  shall  have  a  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  and  a  Librarian;  and  may  employ  an  Assist- 
ant Librarian  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  seventy-five 
dollars  a  month,  to  be  certified  by  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary and  Librarian,  and  paid  out  of  the  State  Treasury. 
The  State  Printer  shall  bind  in  half -calf  binding,  the  British 
Patent  Reports,  and,  in  suitable  binding,  all  newspaper  files 
which  the  Society  shall  hereafter  receive,  under  direction  of 
the  Library  Committee,  when  approved  by  the  Governor;, 
and  said  printer  shall  print  such  circulars  and  labels  as  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  may  require.  The  Secretary  of 
State  is  directed  to  audit  the  same,  and  for  these  purposes  a 
sufficient  amount  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any  money 
in  the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Section  376.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Society: 

1.  To  collect  books,  maps,  charts,  and  other  papers  and 
materials,  illustrative  of  the  history  of  this  State  in  particu- 
lar, and  of  the  West  generally. 

2.  To  procure  from  the  early  pioneers,  narratives  of  their 
exploits,  perils  and  adventures. 

3.  To  procure  facts  and  statements  relative  to  the  history, 
progress  and  decay  of  our  Indian  tribes,  so  as  to  exhibit 


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faithfully  the  antiquities  and  the  past  and  present  resources 
and  conditions  of  this  State. 

4.  To  purchase  books  to  supply  deficiencies  in  the  several 
departments  of  its  collections,  and  especially  reports  on  the 
legislation  of  other  States,  on  railroads  and  geological  sur- 
veys, and  of  educational  and  humane  institutions,  for  legis- 
lative reference;  and  such  other  books,  maps,  charts  and 
materials  as  will  facilitate  the  investigation  of  historical, 
scientific  and  literary  subjects. 

5.  To  bind  the  unbound  books,  documents,  manuscripts, 
pamphlets,  and  especially  newspaper  files,  containing  legal 
notices,  in  its  possession. 

6.  To  thoroughly  catalogue  the  entire  collections  of  said 
Society  for  the  more  convenient  reference  of  all  persons 
who  have  occasion  to  consult  the  same. 

7.  To  tri-ennially  prepare  for  publication  a  Eeport  of  its 
Collections,  and  such  other  matters  relating  to  the  transac- 
tions of  the  Society  as  may  be  useful  to  the  public. 

8.  To  keep  its  rooms  open  at  all  reasonable  hours  on  busi- 
ness days  for  the  reception  of  the  citizens  of  this  State,  who 
may  wish  to  visit  the  same,  without  fee.  And  for  the  pur- 
pose of  aiding  in  the  performance  of  said  duties,  there  is 
hereby  annually  appropriated  to  said  Society,  out  of  the 
State  Treasury,  five  thousand  dollars.  The  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  said  Society  shall  keep  a  correct  account  of  the 
manner  of  expenditure  of  the  money  hereby  appropriated, 
and  report  annually  to  the  Governor  a  detailed  statement 
of  such  expenditures. 

Section  3i0.  Two  thousand  copies  of  the  Reports  of  the 
State  Historical  Society  shall  be  printed  by  the  State  Printer, 
not  oftener  than  once  in  three  years,  commencing  in  the 
year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-nine.  Such 
reports  shall  be  printed  on  the  best  quality  of  book  paper, 
weighing  not  less  than  fifty  pounds  to  the  ream,  and  bound 
in  cloth  and  properly  lettered,  for  the  use  of  the  Society  in 
•effecting  its  literary  exchanges.  The  matter  for  such  publi- 
.cation  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Commission- 


•ers  of  Public  Printing  and  the  Publication  Comnaittee  of  the 
State  Historical  Society;  and  no  volume  of  such  Keports 
shall  contain  over  five  hundred  pages  of  printed  matter. 
There  shall  also  be  printed,  not  oftener  than  once  in  three 
years,  commencing  in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seventy  eight,  fifteen  hundred  copies  of  the  supple- 
mental Catalogues  of  the  Library  of  said  Society,  on  the 
same  quality  of  paper  as  the  Eeporfcs  of  said  Society  are 
printed,  which  shall  be  bound  in  muslin,  uniformly  with 
the  Collections. 


CONSTITUTION 


OF  THE 


State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin. 


ARTICLE  I. 


This  Association  shall  be  styled  the  "  State  Historical 
Society  of  Wisconsin."  The  object  of  the  Society  shall  be 
to  collect,  embody,  arrange,  and  preserve,  a  library  of  books, 
pamj)hlets,  maps,  charts,  manuscripts,  papers,  paintings, 
statuary,  and  other  materials  illustrative  of  the  history  of 
the  State;  to  rescue  from  oblivion  the  memory  of  its  early 
pioneers,  and  to  obtain  and  preserve  narratives  of  their 
exploits,  perils,  and  hardy  adventures;  to  exhibit  faithfully 
the  antiquities,  and  the  past  and  present  condition  and  re- 
sources of  Wisconsin,  and  may  take  proper  steps  to  promote 
the  study  of  history  by  lectures,  and  to  publish  and  dif- 
fuse information  relative  to  the  description  and  history  of 
the  State. 

ARTICLE  II. 

This  Society  shall  consist  of  active,  life,  honorary,  and 
corresponding  members,  who  may  be  chosen  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  Society,  at  any  regular  or  special 
meeting,  except  at  their  meeting  next  preceding  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Society;  the  active  members  to  consist  of 
citizens  of  the  State,  by  the  payment  of  two  dollars 
annually;  the  life  members  by  the  payment  at  one  time  of 
twenty  dollars;  the  honorary  and  corresponding  members, 
who  shall  be  exempt  from  fee  or  taxation,  shall  be  chosen 


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from  persons  in  any  part  of  the  world,  distingnished  for 
their  literary  or  scientific  attainments,  and  known  especially 
as  friends  and  promoters  of  American  history. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  Officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot,  and 
shall  consist  of  a  President,  sixteen  Vice-Presidents,  and 
twelve  Honorary  Vice-Presidents,  not  residents  of  Wiscon- 
sin, to  hold  office  the  same  as  the  President  and  other  Vice- 
Presidents,  a  Corresponding  Secretary,  a  Recording  Secretary, 
a  Treasurer,  a  Librarian,  and  thirty  Curators,  who  shall 
form  the  Executive  Committee,  any  number  of  whom,  not 
less  than  five,  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction 
of  business.  All  said  officers  shall  be  chosen  at  a  regularly 
called  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  and  shall  hold  their 
offices  for  three  years,  and  until  their  successors  be  duly 
chosen;  except  that  the  Curators  shall  be  divided  into  three 
classes,  one  class  to  go  out  of  office  each  year;  so  that  im- 
mediately after  the  annual  election  in  January,  1S6C>,  lots 
§hall  be  drawn  for  the  three  classes,  to  hold  their  respective 
offices  one,  two,  and  three  years;  and  at  each  subsequent 
annual  election  the  class  chosen  shall  hold  their  offices  for 
three  years.  But  in  case  any  member  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  except  the  President  and  Vice-Presidents,  who 
may  be  absent  from  four  successive  regular  or  special  meet- 
ings of  the  Committee,  unless  detained  by  sickness  or 
absence  from  Madison,  may  be  deemed  to  have  forfeited 
their  respective  offices;  and  shall,  if  so  declared,  be  ineligible 
to  office  for  the  next  succeeding  term.  And  in  addition  to 
these  elective  offices,  all  donations  of  money  or  property  by 
citizens  of  Wisconsin,  or  of  any  State  or  Territory  of  the 
United  States,  if  accepted  by  the  Executive  Committee  to 
the  amount  or  value  of  five  hundred  dollars,  shall  constitute 
such  donors  Life-Directors  of  the  Society,  and  consequently 
members  of  the  Executive  Committee  during  their  natural 
lives;  but  such  Life- Directors  shall  never  exceed  in  number^ 
the  regularly  elected  members  of  the  Executive  Committee; 


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and  all  moneys  from  Life-Directorships,  or  from  donations, 
or  bequests,  unless  specifically  directed  by  such  Life-Direct- 
ors, donors,  or  devisors,  to  be  invested  to  the  best  advantage, 
and  the  accruing  interest  only  used,  shall  be  employed  in 
such  manner,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Society,  as  the  Executive 
Committee  may  direct. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  at  such 
time  and  place,  in  the  month  of  January,  as  the  Executive 
Committee  shall  designate;  and  those  members,  not  less 
than  ten,  who  meet  at  any  annual  or  special  meeting  of  the 
Society,  upon  the  call  of  the  Executive  Committee,  shall  be 
.^  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

ARTICLE  Y. 

The  President,  or  in  his  absence,  one  of  the  Vice-Presi- 
dents, or  in  their  absence,  any  member  of  the  Society 
selected  on  the  occasion,  shall  preside  at  the  annual  or  any 
special  meeting  of  the  Society.  Such  presiding  officer  shall 
preserve  order,  regulate  the  order  of  proceedings,  and  give  a 
•casting  vote  whenever  the  same  is  required. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  corre- 
spondence of  the  Society;  he  shall  preserve  for  the  Society 
the  official  communications  addressed  to  him,  and  keep 
copies  of  important  official  letters  written  by  him;  he  shall 
collect,  or  cause  to  be  collected,  moneys  due  to  the  Society, 
and  pay  the  same  to  the  Treasurer;  he  shall  give  notice  of 
the  meetings  of  the  Society  and  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee; he  shall  edit  and  supervise,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Publication  Committee,  the  publications  of  the  Society, 
direct  the  literary  exchanges,  and  shall  write  out  and  cause 
to  be  published,  in  one  or  more  of  the  Madison  papers,  the 
proceedings,  or  a  synopsis  thereof,  of  the  meetings  of  the 
Society  and  Executive  Committee. 


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ARTICLE  VII. 


The  Recording  Secretary  shall  preserve  a  full  and  correct 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  all  the  meetings  of  the  Society 
and  Executive  Committee,  to  be  entered  on  his  book  in 
chronological  order.  These  records  shall  always  be  open  for 
the  inspection  of  any  member  of  the  Society. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

The  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  have  charge  of  all  dues, 
and  donations,  and  bequests  of  money,  and  all  funds  what- 
soever of  the  Society,  and  shall  pay  such  sums  as  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  may  from  time  to  time  direct,  on  the  war- 
rant of  the  chairman  of  said  Committee;  and  he  shall  make 
an  annual  report  of  the  pecuniar}^  transactions  and  accounts 
of  the  Society,  and  also  exhibit  a  statement,  of  the  funds 
and  property  of  the  Society  in  his  hands,  at  any  stated  or 
special  meeting  when  thereto  required. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  Librarian  shall  have  charge  of  the  books,  manuscripts, 
and  other  collections  of  the  Society;  he  shall  keep  a  cata- 
logue of  the  same,  together  with  all  additions  made  during 
his  official  term;  in  case  of  donations,  he  shall  specify  in  his 
record  the  name  of  the  book,  manuscript  or  article  donated, 
with  the  name  of  the  donor  and  date  of  the  gift;  he  shall 
make  an  annual  report  of  the  condition  of  the  Library  and 
respond  to  all  calls  which  may  be  made  on  him  touching 
the  same,  at  any  annual  or  special  meeting  of  the  Society, 
or  at  any  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  in  the 
absence  or  inability  of  either  of  the  Secretaries,  or  at  their 
request,  he  shall  act  as  Assistant  Secretary. 

ARTICLE  X. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  Librarian, 
shall  give  satisfactory  bonds,  in  such  sum  as  the  Executive 


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Committee  may  deem  proper,  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  their  respective  duties,  and  for  the  faithful  preservation 
of  the  property  of  every  kind  belonging  to  the  Society;  and 
such  bonds  shall  be  filed  among  the  papers  of  the  Society. 

ARTICLE  XL 

The  Executive  Committee,  in  the  absence  of  the  Presi- 
dent and  Vice-Presidents,  may  select  a  chairman  from  their 
number.  They  shall  meet  for  business  on  the  first  Tuesday 
evening  in  the  months  of  March,  June,  September,  and  De- 
cember, of  each  year,  except  when  they  see  proper  to  ad- 
journ for  a  longer  period;  may  meet  on  special  occasions 
upon  the  call  of  any  three  members  of  the  Committee;  shall 
supervise  and  direct  the  financial  and  business  concerns  of 
the  Society;  may  augment  the  Library,  Cabinet,  and  Gal- 
lery, by  purchase  or  otherwise;  may  make  arrangements 
for  a  single  lecture,  or  a  course  of  lectures,  for  promoting 
historical  knowledge,  and  increasing  the  pecuniary  resources 
of  the  association.  They  shall  have  power  to  fill  any  vacan- 
cies occurring  in  their  number.  They  shall  audit  and  adjust 
all  accounts  of  the  Society.  They  may  call  special  meeti^igs 
when  necessary;  appoint  the  annual  orator;  make  suitable 
arrangements  for  the  delivery  of  the  annual  address;  use 
their  discretion  as  to  the  publication  of  any  communications, 
collections,  transactions,  annual  or  other  addresses,  or  other 
written  matters  of  the  Society;  and  they  shall  annually 
make  a  full  report  of  their  transactions,  accompanied  by 
such  suggestions  as  may  seem  to  them  appropriate,  and 
worthy  attention. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  cause  the  bills  for  the  annual  dues  of  active 
members  to  be  made  out  and  sent  to  the  address  of  such 
members,  on  or  before  the  drst  day  of  June  of  each  year, 
with  a  copy  of  this  article,  and  if  the  amount  of  such  dues 
is  not  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  on  or  before  the 


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first  day  of  December  following  of  said  year,  those  mem- 
bers in  arrears  shall  be  deemed  to  have  forfeited  their  mem- 
bership, and  their  names  stricken  from  the  roll  of  members: 
and  no  person  who  may  thus  have  lost  his  membership, 
shall  be  re-elected  to  the  same  without  full  payment  of 
his  arrears. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  Executive  Committee  may  adopt  By-Laws  for  their 
own  government  and  guidance,  not  inconsistent  with  this 
constitution. 

ARTICLE  XIY. 

This  constitution  may  be  amended  at  any  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Society:  jyrovided^  that  the  proposed  amend- 
ments shall  have  been  reduced  to  writing,  and  entered  on 
the  minutes  of  the  Society  at  least  three  months  previous 
to  a  vote  being  taken  on  the  same;  and  provided^  a/so,  that 
two- thirds  of  the  members  present  shall  concur  in  the  adop- 
tion of  the  amendment  or  amendments  proposed. 


BY-LAWS 


OF   THE 


State  Historical  Society  of  Wisconsin. 


Section  1.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  for  the 
election  of  officers,  shall  be  held  at  the  rooms  of  the  Society 
in  the  State  Capitol,  on  the  first  Thursday  of  January  in 
each  year,  at  half -past  seven  o'clock  P.  M.,  except  when  the 
first  of  January  falls  on  that  day,  the  annual  meeting  shall 
be  held  on  the  following  evening.  If  from  any  cause  the 
annual  meeting  shall  not  take  place  at  the  time  above  pro- 
vided, then  it  may  be  held  at  such  time  thereafter,  as  the 
President,  or  a  Vice-President  and  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary shall  appoint.  The  President  may  call  special  meetings 
of  the  Society,  and  shall  do  so  on  written  application  of  five 
members  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

Section  2.  At  the  annual  meeting,  and  meetings  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  the  following  shall  be  the  order  of 
business: 

1st.     Reading  and  approval  of  the  minutes; 

2d.  Presentation  of  letters  and  other  communications, 
and  action  thereon ; 

3d.      Reports  of  officers; 

4th.     Reports  of  committees; 

5th.     Election  of  officers  and  filling  vacancies; 

6th.     Miscellaneous  business. 

Section  3.  Upon  the  adoption  of  these  By-Laws,  and  at 
each  annual  meeting  thereafter,  the  following  Standing 
Committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  chair,  to  consist  of 


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five  members  each,  except  that  the  State  Officers,  who  are 
ex  officio  members  of  the  Committee,  and  Printing  Com- 
missioners, shall  be  added  to  the  committees  on  Library,  and 
Printing  and  Publication,  viz. : 

On  Library, 

On  Finance, 

On  Auditing  Accounts, 

On  Printing  and  Publication, 

On  Endowments  and  Contributions, 

On  Literary  Exchanges, 

On  Art  Gallery  and  Cabinet, 

On  Natural  History, 

On  Historical  Narratives,  Lectures  and  Essays, 

On  Nomination  of  Members, 

On  Pre-historic  Antiquities,  and  Indian  History, 

On  Obituaries. 
The  Executive  Committee  may  also  appoint  such  special 
committees  as  the  interests  of  the  Society  may  require. 

Section  4.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  give  bonds 
to  the  Society  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
his  office,  and  the  proper  disbursement  of  all  funds  that 
shall  come  into  his  hands  as  such  Secretary,  in  such  sum  as 
the  Executive  Committee  may  from  time  to  time  order  and 
direct,  and  with  such  sureties  as  the  Committee  on  Finance 
shall  approve:  provided,  that  until  otherwise  ordered,  such 
bonds  shall  be  for  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars.  He 
shall  convene  the  Auditing  Committee,  at  least  one  day  pre- 
ceding the  annual  meeting,  and  submit  the  accounts  and 
vouchers,  for  the  disbursements  of  the  past  year,  for  exam- 
ination and  approval.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  draw  on 
the  Treasurer  for  such  sums  of  money  as  he  may  require  to 
pay  the  current  expenses  of  the  Society.  He  may  call 
special  meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

Section  5.  The  Treasurer  shall  give  a  bond  to  the  Society 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  the 
proper  accounting  for  all  moneys  and  securities  that  may 
come  into  his  hands  as  such  Treasurer,  in  such  sum  as  the 


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Executive  Committee  may  from  time  to  time  order  or  direct, 
and  with  such  sureties  as  the  Committee  on  Finance  shall 
approve:  provided,  that  until  otherwise  ordered,  such  bond 
shall  be  for  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars.  He  shall  at 
each  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  and  oftener  if  re- 
quested by  the  Executive  Committee,  make  a  detailed 
report  of  all  financial  transactions,  giving  the  names  of  the 
parties  to  whom  any  funds  are  loaned,  the  amount  of  each 
loan,  the  nature  and  value  of  the  securities  held  therefor, 
and  the  time  when  the  same  will  become  due  and  payable. 
He  shall  make  no  loans  of  the  funds  of  the  Society,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided;  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
•office,  he  shall  deliver  over  all  funds  and  securities  in  his 
hands,  to  his  successor  in  office.  He  shall  pay  the  drafts 
of  th3  Corresponding  Sacretary  for  current  expenses,  and 
such  other  drafts  as  the  Executive  Committee  may  author- 
ize and  direct. 

Section  6.  The  Librarian  shall  give  bonds  to  the  Society 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  in 
such  sum  as  the  Executive  Committee  may  from  time  to 
time  order  and  direct;  and  with  such  sureties  as  the  Com- 
mittee on  Finance  shall  approve :  provided,  that  until  other- 
wise ordered,  such  bonds  shall  be  for  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars. 

Section  7.  The  Recording  Secretary,  in  addition  to  the 
requirements  of  article  7  of  the  Constitution,  shall  file  and 
preserve  in  his  office  the  bonds  of  the  Corresponding  Sec  - 
retary.  Treasurer  and  Librarian,  together  with  such  other 
documents,  books  and  papers  as  properly  pertain  to  his 
office.  He  shall  make  a  list  of  every  committee  appointed, 
iind  deliver  the  same  to  the  chairman  thereof. 

Section  8.  The  committee  on  the  Library  shall  attend  to, 
and  note  the  wants  and  requirements  of  the  Library,  and 
see  that  the  Rules  and  Regulations  adopted  by  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  for  the  government  of  the  same,  are  prop- 
erly observed  and  carried  into  effect.  A  majority  of  the 
C5ommittee,  including  at  least  two  of  the  State  Officers,  who 


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are  ex-officio  members  of  the  Executive  Committee,  are  au  - 
thorized  to  examine,  approve  and  order  the  purchase  of  such 
books  or  other  property  pertaining  to  the  Library,  Art  Gal- 
lery and  Cabinet,  as  the  Corresponding  Secretary  and  Libra- 
rian may  propose.  Said  committee  shall  from  time  to  time 
make  reports  with  such  recommendations  as  may  appear 
necessary  or  proper  for  the  better  management  of  the  prop- 
erty and  affairs  of  the  Library. 

Section  9.  The  Auditing  Committee  shall  at  least  one 
day  before  the  annual  meeting,  and  oftener  if  they  shall 
deem  it  advisable,  meet  and  examine  all  the  accounts  and 
vouchers  for  the  disbursements  of  the  Society  and  its  offi- 
cers, and  shall  audit  and  allow  such  accounts  and  expendi- 
tures as  shall  appear  to  be  reasonable  and  proper,  and  report 
their  doings  to  the  Executive  Committee,  or  to  the  annual 
meeting,  for  consideration  and  approval. 

Section  10.  The  Committee  on  Finance  shall  have  a 
general  supervision  over  the  financial  and  monetary  affairs 
of  the  Society.  It  shall  pay  particular  attention  to  the 
management  of  the  Binding  Fund,  and  any  other  fund  that 
may  at  any  time  belong  to  the  Society,  designed  to  be  loaned 
for  its  benefit.  The  Committee  shall  advise  with,  and  assist 
the  Treasurer,  in  making  loans,  and  investing  the  funds  in 
his  hands;  and  shall  have  authority  to  direct  and  enforce 
the  collection  of  past  due  loans,  and  shall  see  that  such  col- 
lections are  made,  when  the  best  interest  of  the  Society  shall 
require  the  same. 

Section  11.  The  money  in  the  Treasury  belonging  to  the 
Binding  Fund,  and  all  additions  that  may  hereafter  be  made 
to  the  same,  shall  constitute  a  perpetual  fund  to  be  known 
as  the  Binding  Fund;  the  principal  of  which  shall  never  be 
used  for  any  purpose;  but  shall  be  invested  or  loaned  by  the 
Treasurer  as  close  as  practicable,  and  at  the  best  rate  of  in- 
terest that  can  be  obtained,  from  responsible  parties  upon 
good  security;  but  no  loans  shall  be  made  from  said  Fund 
by  the  Treasurer,  except  with  the  consent  and  approval  of 
at  least  two  members  of  the  Committee  on  Finance.     The 


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interest  arising  from  said  Fund  shall  annually  be  added  to 
and  become  part  of  the  principal,  until  the  principal  shall 
amount  to  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  there- 
after so  much  of  such  income  as  the  Executive  Committee 
shall  deem  proper,  may  be  appropriated  for  binding  purposes, 
and  any  remainder  not  so  appropriated  shall  annually  be 
added  to  the  principal  of  said  Fund.  All  moneys  received 
by  the  Society  from  membership  dues,  donations,  and  sale 
of  duplicates,  shall  be  added  to  the  Bindins:  Fund. 

Section  12.  All  loans  of  the  binding  fund  shall  be  se- 
cured by  a  fi^st  mortgage  on  real  estate,  a  written  applica- 
tion to  the  treasurer  first  being  made,  describing  the 
property  offered  as  security,  which  shall  be  approved  as  pro- 
vided in  section  11  of  the  by-laws,  and  the  title  to  such  real 
estate  shall  be  ascertained  in  such  manner  as  the  commit- 
tee may  determine.  Investments  of  said  fund  may  be  made 
in  national,  state  or  corporate  securities,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  committee  on  finance. 

Section  13.  The  treasurer  shall,  quarter-yearly,  and 
oftener  if  required,  report  to  the  committee  on  finance,  the 
true  condition  of  said  fund,  and  state  the  amount  of  money 
in  his  hands  subject  to  loan  or  investment.  The  treasurer 
is  hereby  authorized,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  satisfy  and 
discharge  of  record  any  mortgage  held  by  the  Society, 
whenever  the  full  amount  of  money  secured  thereby,  shall 
have  been  paid  to  him. 


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